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There is room for improvement in discussing post-intensive care syndrome with ICU patients and their families, as ICU ...
The benefits of leadership huddles for nursing teams and patients are explored in this installment from an NCI-designated ...
Okay, so my aunt had surgery last spring. Hip replacement. She was in the hospital for about four days. I visited her a bunch and started noticing these whiteboards in every single room. Healthcare ...
Serious illness communications are crucial elements of care delivery for patients with cancer. High-quality serious illness communications are composed of open, honest discussions between patients, ...
First-year medical students are learning bedside manner and patient communication through hands-on training with patients and ...
Philip Vaidyan, MD, director of hospital medicine in the department of internal medicine at St. Mary’s Health Center in St. Louis and practice group leader with IPC The Hospitalist Company, shares ...
STRAIN ON STAFFING AT HOSPITALS, ENOUGH TO CAUSE BURNOUT EVEN AMONG VETERAN NURSES. TONIGHT, WE’RE GETTING OUR FIRST LOOK AT A NEW PROGRAM DESIGNED TO CHANGE THAT AT SOME OF OMAHA’S BIGGEST HOSPITALS.